MARTA Service Changes
Effective April 15, 2017

Several of MARTA's bus routes are being modified to improve overall service and on-time performance. The following changes will go into effect on Saturday, April 15, 2017. For additional information, please call us at (404) 848-5000.

The temporary re-route implemented on September 3, 2016 operating along Jackson Street, Irwin Street, Randolph Street, and John Wesley Dobbs Avenue will become the permanent routing for Route 3 on all service days. Trip times and service frequencies remain unchanged.

The weekday midday (9:00AM-3:00PM) service frequency will be improved from 20 to 15 minutes and weekday night (after 9:00PM) will be improved from 30 to 20 minutes. Saturday and Sunday service frequency will be improved to 20 minutes all day. Trip times will be revised to accommodate the frequency changes.

The time points at Courtland Street & Ellis Street (inbound to Five Points station) and John Wesley Dobbs Avenue & Peachtree Center Avenue (outbound to Lenox station) will be eliminated on all service days to improve schedule adherence. Trip times will be adjusted to accommodate the service change.

The time points at Atlanta Avenue & Boulevard, and Bouldercrest & Eastland Roads will be eliminated on all service days to improve schedule adherence. Trip times will be adjusted to accommodate the service change.

Route 39 weekday night (after 9:00PM) service frequency will be adjusted from 15 to 20 minutes. The Saturday and Sunday service frequencies will be adjusted from 12 to 15 minutes all day and 20 minutes at night (after 9:00PM) to better tailor service to demand. Trip times will be revised to accommodate the
frequency changes and improve schedule adherence.

Route 56 will be realigned to provide consistent routing through the Baker Hills and Wilson Mill Meadows communities. From Hamilton E. Holmes station the route will operate via MLK Jr. Dr., Hamilton E. Holmes Dr., Burton Rd., Linkwood Rd., Collier Dr., Fairburn Rd., Fairlane Dr., Bolton Rd., MLK Jr.
Dr., Bakers Ferry Rd., Cornell Blvd., Candlelight Lane, Bakers Ferry Rd., Waits Dr., and Alex Dr. to Alex Way which will be the new terminus for Route 56. The inbound routing to Hamilton E. Holmes station will operate via Tarragon Way, Basil Way, and Wilson Mill Rd. continuing all before-mentioned
streets to Hamilton E. Holmes station. The segments along Tarragon Way between Basil Way and Wilson Mill Rd. and along Bakers Ferry Road between Wilson Mill Rd. and Candlelight Lane will be discontinued due to low utilization. The Boulder Park Dr., Dollar Mill Rd., Utoy Circle, Plainville
Dr., and Plainville Circle segments will be assumed by implementation of new Route 865-Boulder Park. As part of the City of Atlanta MORE MARTA Initiative, Route 56 service frequency will be improved to 30-minutes during all service periods on all service days.

Route 66 will be realigned to terminate at the Stone Creek Apartment complex turnaround on N. Camp Creek Pkwy., instead of the Barge Road Park & Ride. Route 66 will maintain current routing to Continental Colony Pkwy., then continue south on Continental Colony Pkwy. and Stone Hogan Connector to N.
Camp Creek Pkwy. which will be the new terminus for Route 66 on all service days. As part of the City of Atlanta MORE MARTA Initiative, Route 66 service frequency will be improved to 30 minutes during all service periods on all service days. The select trips to Benjamin E. Mays High School that operate
on school days only remain unchanged. The route will be renamed
66-Lynhurst Drive / Greenbriar.

Route 68 will be realigned to assume segments of Route 170-Brownlee Road / Peyton via Benjamin E. Mays Dr. Route 68 will maintain current routing between Ashby and West End stations. From West End station the route will maintain current routing to Beecher and Cascade Roads then operate via Benjamin E. Mays Dr.,
Brownlee Rd., Scott St., Wilkins Lane, Cushman Circle, Boulder Park Dr., MLK Jr. Dr., Harlan Rd., Peyton Rd., Peyton Pl., MLK Jr. Dr., to Hamilton E. Holmes station. The segments along Beecher St. between Donnelly Ave. and S. Gordon St., Cascade Rd., Boulevard Lorraine, and Boulevard Grenada will be
discontinued due to low utilization. As part of the City of Atlanta MORE MARTA Initiative, Route 68 service frequency will be improved to 30 minutes during all service periods on all service days. The route will be renamed
68-Donnelly / Peyton.

Route 71 will be extended to Fulton Industrial Blvd. via Cascade Rd. Route 71 will maintain current routing from West End station to the Country Squire Apartment Complex then continue Cascade Rd. to Fulton Industrial Blvd., and Boat Rock Rd. to Reynolds Rd.,
which will be the new terminus for Route 71. Inbound to West End station, Route 71 will continue Boat Rock Rd. to Bakers Ferry Rd., Fulton Industrial Blvd. and Cascade Rd. continuing current routing to West End station. The Country Squire Apartment Complex will be served along Cascade Rd. only
to/from West End station. The Kimberly Rd. segment will be assumed by modifications to Route 165. As part of the City of Atlanta MORE MARTA Initiative, Route 71 service frequencies will be improved to 10 minute peak periods (6:00AM-9:00AM and 3:00PM-7:00PM), 12
minute midday (9:00AM-3:00PM), 15 minute evening (7:00PM-9:00PM), and 20 minute nights (after 9:00PM). The Saturday and Sunday service frequencies will be improved to 15 minutes all day and 20 minutes at night.

Route 73 will be realigned to provide consistent routing between Hamilton E. Holmes station and Lagrange Blvd. & Boat Rock Blvd. Route 73 will maintain current routing along MLK Jr. Dr., Fulton Industrial Blvd., Tradewater Pkwy. and Lagrange Blvd. to Boat Rock Blvd. The alternating trips via the Westpark
Dr. loop and select trips to Wendell Drive, remain unchanged. The Boat Rock Rd. and Bakers Ferry Rd. segments will be assumed by modifications to Route 71. Route 73 weekday service frequency remains unchanged. As part of the City of Atlanta MORE MARTA Initiative, Route 73 Saturday and Sunday service
frequencies will be improved to 15 minutes all day and 20 minutes at night (after 9:00PM). Trip times will be revised to improve schedule adherence and accommodate service and frequency changes.

New
Route 94-Northside Drive will operate as local service from West End station to the District at Howell Mill along Northside Dr. via Vine City station. From West End station, Route 94 will operate via Lee St., Oak St., W. Whitehall St., Peters St., Chapel St. and Northside Drive to Carter St. to serve Vine City station. From Vine City station the route will continue north on Northside Dr. to Interstate 75 north, exiting at Howell Mill Rd. and continue to its terminus on Spring Grove Ave. Route 94 will return to West
End station via northbound Howell Mill Rd. and Interstate 75 south, exiting at Northside Dr. and continuing to Vine City and West End stations. Weekday service frequencies will operate at 20 minutes during peak periods (6:00AM-9:00AM & 3:00PM-7:00PM) and 30 minutes at all other service periods. Saturday
and Sunday service frequency will be 30 minutes all day.

The Route 126 alignment around Northlake Mall will be revised to operate via Northlake Pkwy., Parklake Dr., Lavista Rd. and Briarcliff Rd. The stop along Lavista Rd. between Briarcliff Rd. and Henderson Mill Rd. will be discontinued by Route 126, however, this stop will continue to be maintained
by Route 30-Lavista Rd. This revised alignment will eliminate a potentially hazardous operational movement along Lavista Rd. per MARTA's Office of Safety.

Route 165's current short-turn alignment that terminates at Cascade and Fairburn Roads will be extended to operate along Cascade Road and assume the Kimberly Road segment currently operated by Route 71, which will be the new short-turn alignment terminus. Trips that operate to the Barge Road Park & Ride
remain unchanged. Route 165 will alternate service between the Barge Road Park & Ride and Kimberly Road alignments during all service periods on all service days. Additionally, service to/from Hamilton E. Holmes station will be streamlined to operate via MLK Jr. Drive and Fairburn Road. The
Burton Road, Linkwood Road., Delmar Lane, Brownlee Road, Brownlee Place, Nathan Road and Boulder Park Road segments will be assumed by new Route 865-Boulder Park. As part of the City of Atlanta MORE MARTA Initiative, Route 165 service frequencies will be improved to 15 minutes all day and 20 minutes
at night (after 9:00PM). The Saturday and Sunday service frequency will also be improved to 15 minutes all day and 20 minutes at night. The route will
be renamed 165-Fairburn Road.

170 - Brownlee Road / Peyton

Weekdays, Saturdays & Sundays

This
route number will be discontinued. However, all route segments will be maintained by Route 66-Lynhurst Dr. / Barge Road Park & Ride and modifications to Route 68-Donnelly / Beecher.

Southbound trips destined to Fairburn / Palmetto will be adjusted to provide continuous through-movement at the South Fulton Service Center. These trips will now turn right on Camp Dr. and then left on Stonewall Tell Rd. before continuing southbound on Roosevelt
Hwy. on all service days. The Weekday midday (9:00AM-3:00PM) and night (after 9:00PM) service frequencies will be improved from 24 to 20 minutes. Trip times will be revised to improve schedule adherence and accommodate frequency changes.

One earlier AM northbound trip departing Lamar Hutcheson Pkwy. & Valley Hill Rd. at 4:50AM on Weekdays and one later southbound trip departing College Park station at midnight on Sundays has been added. Trip times will be adjusted to improve schedule adherence.

Route 823 service frequency will be adjusted to 65 minutes during all service periods on all service days to improve schedule adherence. Trip times will be adjusted to accommodate the frequency change. Additionally, the new terminus for Route 823 will be located on Belvedere Lane at Rupert Road.